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2015 Thomas Built MVP-EF (Engine Front)

1T88T9E25F1278306 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenSep 13, 2023
CA
Last seenFeb 26, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T88T9E25F1278306
Make
Thomas Built
Model
MVP-EF (Engine Front)
Model year
2015
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 7, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1T8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
8T9E2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
278306

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
THOMAS BUILT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MVP-EF (Engine Front)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 13, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 26, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0PLANT SCIENCES INC 23434959CXB942/CA
Apr 4, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0PLANT SCIENCES INC 23434959CXB942/CA
Aug 16, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0PLANT SCIENCES INC 23434959CXB942/CA
Sep 13, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0PLANT SCIENCES INC 23434959CXB942/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PLANT SCIENCES INC2343495Sep 13, 2023Feb 26, 20264CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
9CXB942CAPLANT SCIENCES INCSep 13, 2023Feb 26, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026